Toupeira-cega vs Fruit Fly

Talpa caeca compared with Urophora cardui

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Toupeira-cega	Fruit Fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Diptera (Mosca)
Family	Talpidae	Tephritidae
Genus	Talpa	Urophora
Species	Talpa caeca	Urophora cardui

Evolutionary Relationship

Toupeira-cega and Fruit Fly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Toupeira-cega

LC — Least Concern

Fruit Fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Toupeira-cega	Fruit Fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Toupeira-cega

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fruit Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Toupeira-cega

The Blind Mole (Talpa caeca) is a species in the genus Talpa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.